P100B a year lost to technical smuggling

[Zeus]

So wala na talagang pag-asa ang BOC

Kailangan i-revamp ang customs at lagyan ng idealistic people. People who are willing to make their dream of a better Philippines come true.

Tama ka dito

[mazdamazda]

:fyi:

The entire Subic BOC team including their commander was sacked just the other day by the BOC Commissioner.

Hopefully magtuloy tuloy ito.

[creepy]

The Attrition Law passed by Congress more than a year ago allows the government to fire BOC and BIR personnel if they don't meet their collection targets.

The BOC and BIR people, however, are refusing to sign "contracts" committing them to the targets set.

I think refusal (by the BIR and BOC people) to agree to the targets should also be grounds for dismissal.

[oldblue]

IMO:

Bro.,- mayroon pa tayo nyan. Naniniwala pa rin ako sa aking kapwa Pinoy,- that is why I chose to stay in our country.

Filipinos, like the rest of the people in this world, can change drastically, whether here in the Philippines or in other places,- depending on what authority/environment they're exposed to.

If the authority, whether a Filipino or a foreigner, which means the higher of the two parties, and therefore has the 'final say',- consistently implements the rules and the corresponding penalties that will 'hurt' the offending party, then everybody follows the rules, (sadly) because of fear.

(Fear is a primordial instinct which drives everything else in our life.
OT na po,- pero even our respect for a Supreme Being was initially driven by our fear of survival/punishment)

Corollary to this, if you(authority) let loose of the rope, then, the people will see how far they can go in 'bending' the rules..... This is the current state of affairs here in our country.

2501:showoff:

ewan ko parang malabo eh, jeepney lang saka 2-stroke tricycle din natin ma-phase out phase out. noon nilabas ng LTO na pagbabawal na ang 2-stroke motorcycle saka jeepneys that are more than 10 yrs. old, grabe ang pang-aapi na ginagawa daw ng gobyerno ...

we can never talk any sense to the earning man. in this case, the bribing and udervaluing importer, the corrupt BOC officer, the lazy PUV driver, the middle men -> the people who always like to be in the middle of things: media, politicians ... and also earn in the process.

kapag pinagsabihan ito mga ito, magtuturuan lang sila.

[the_wildthing]

:fyi:

The entire Subic BOC team including their commander was sacked just the other day by the BOC Commissioner.

Hopefully magtuloy tuloy ito.

Hindi kaya dahil hindi lang nabigyan si boss?

[mazdamazda]

To add, two petroleum importers have been charged recently due to non payment of P30M in duties & taxes:

As an update to this... 6 Customs officials have been placed on preventive suspension pending the final decision of this case. Separate charges will be filed against the brokers & importers.